Dominick Burke or Bourke (died 8 December 1747) was an Irish politician from County Galway. He represented the borough of Galway in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fran ...

from 1735 to his death.Leigh Rayment, , accessed 29 December 2011 He was also

Mayor of Galway The office of Mayor of Galway is an honorific title used by the of Galway City Council. The council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative area of the city of Galway which is the largest city in the province of Connacht, in Ireland. The ...

in 1735 and 1737 and Recorder of the town from 1739 to 1747. His sons included Dominick, who married Margaret, widow of Francis Annesley of Ballysax and daughter and heiress of

Edward Eyre Edward John Eyre (5 August 181530 November 1901) was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, and Governor of Jamaica. Early life Eyre was born in Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, shortly before his family moved to ...

of Galway, but had no issue by her, and Bingham, a captain in the Army. His daughter Sarah married George Brabazon of New Park and was the mother of Sir Anthony Brabazon, 1st Baronet. John Burke and John Bernard Burke, ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland'', second edition (London, 1841
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James Hardiman James Hardiman (1782–1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway. Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1820) and '' Irish Minstrelsy'' (1831), one of the f ...

''The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway''
(Dublin, 1820) 1747 deaths Mayors of Galway Irish MPs 1727–1760 Politicians from County Galway Year of birth unknown Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Galway constituencies {{Ireland-mayor-stub